Art from the Sacred to the Profane: East and West, ed. Catherine Schuon (2007)

Archivist’s Note:

In accordance with Schuon’s preference we have not listed either Dimensions of Islam or Islam and the Perennial Philosophy among his English-language books. “My doctrinal message is in my French books and their translations. It is only indirectly and imperfectly in the English compilations Dimensions of Islam and Islam and the Perennial Philosophy, which were produced for contingent reasons and do not correspond to my intentions” (personal paper, “Remarks on the Appendix”, quoted in Frithjof Schuon: Life and Teachings, p. 178). The contents of these two compilations can be found within one or another of Schuon’s “French books and their translations”. For further information see section below “Chapter locations for out of print books”.

Frithjof Schuon published in the range of 170 articles in various journals. The great majority of these articles were later incorporated by Schuon into his published books. Most articles were incorporated in their entirety as a chapter in a book, at times under a new title and/or
with minor modifications; others articles were partially incorporated into one or more book chapters.[1] Using approximate figures, out of 170 articles, only 20 were not incorporated into Schuon’s published books; those few unincorporated articles are identified below.

It is important, however, to stress that in the author’s view it is his books that constitute his message, and not his journal articles that he never incorporated into his books, nor his articles as they existed before they were incorporated into his books. The following unincorporated articles may be of some incidental interest to the reader who is already well versed in Schuon’s essential oeuvre, but they are in no way needed for an appreciation of his message.

NOTES

[1] An example is the article “De l’Alliance” (Études Traditionnelles, June, 1940),
which is partially incorporated into the chapters “Christianity and Islam” and “Limits of Religious Expansion”
in The Transcendent Unity of Religions, and into the chapter “The Impossible Convergence” in The Transfiguration of Man.

Articles Schuon did not incorporate into his books and that remain unpublished:

In accordance with Schuon’s stated preference, the books Islam and the Perennial Philosophy and Dimensions of Islam will remain out of print
and the chapters that originally appeared in those books now appear in other books. This section lists the titles of the original chapters in each book,
the current location in a different book and notes whether the original chapter now appears under a different title.